Other related topics at: Virtue and Vice 357. Shame; Virtue "Where there is yet shame, there may in time be virtue." Johnson: Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Link 738. Shame; Virtue "To dread no eye, and to suspect no tongue, is the great prerogative of innocence; an exemption granted only to invariable virtue. But guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of those to whom nothing could give influence or weight, but their power of betraying." Johnson: Rambler #68 (November 10, 1750) Link 1,184. Misery; Shame "Misery and shame are nearly allied." Johnson: Rambler #133 (June 25, 1751) Link